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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Peter G. Hebgen, Horseheads, NY (US);
David J. Thompson, Savona, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dispersion compensating optical fiber (“DC fiber”) having a segmented core and having a negative total dispersion and negative dispersion slope in the C-band. The index profile of the fiber is selected to provide an optical properties suitable for a high performance communication system operating in the C-band wavelength band, i.e., between about 1525 nm to 1565 nm. The DC fiber according to the invention exhibits dispersion slope at 1549 nm more negative than −3.4 ps/nM -km and has a negative &Dgr; % that is more negative than −0.4%. Preferably, the DC fiber has a total dispersion more negative than −125 ps/nm -km. The DC fiber may be optically connected to a Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber (NZDSF) in the system to compensate for dispersion thereof. Optionally, the transmission system may include a positive dispersion, positive slope trim fiber.